Michelle Gauvin wants conviction in death of stepdaughter reversed

New lawyer claims court-appointed attorneys ineffective

10:16 PM,
Jan. 17, 2013

Written by

Sophia Voravong
svoravong@jconline.com

Michelle D. Gauvin, a Lafayette woman serving life in prison without parole for the March 16, 2005, beating death of her 4-year-old stepdaughter, Aiyana Gauvin, wants a Tippecanoe County judge to reverse her convictions on grounds of receiving poor representation from court-appointed trial attorneys.

That was the chief claim Gauvin's new attorney, state deputy public defender Joanna Green, made Thursday afternoon before Tippecanoe Superior Court 2 Judge Thomas Busch in Gauvin's bid for post-conviction relief.